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My Year In The Middle

"Miss Garrett's classroom is like every other at our school. White kids sit on one side and black kids on the other. I'm one of the few middle-rowers who split the difference." Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class. Trouble is, Lu's old friends have been changing lately — acting boy crazy and making snide remarks about Lu's newfound talent for running track. Lu's secret hope for a new friend is fellow runner Belinda Gresham, but in 1970 Red Grove, Alabama, blacks and whites don't mix.

As segregationist ex-governor George Wallace ramps up his campaign against the current governor, Albert Brewer, growing tensions in the state — and in the classroom — mean that Lu can't stay neutral about the racial divide at school. Will she find the gumption to stand up for what's right and to choose friends who do the same?

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"Politics infiltrate the classroom as some parents prepare to send their kids to private school, and Lu’s attempts to remain apolitical backfire, particularly with the cute boy she likes. As tensions build, Lu longs for the courage to 'really speak up, like somebody with surefire gumption and the good sense to stand up for her friends.' Readers will root for this spirited protagonist to find her moral footing in this solid, enjoyable work of historical fiction." — Publishers Weekly

Product Details

Recommended Age 9 - 12
Author Lila Quintero Weaver
Illustrator Lila Quintero Weaver
ISBN 076369231X
Publication Date Jul 10, 2018
Publisher Candlewick
Language English